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  <div class="section" id="module-functools">
<span id="functools-higher-order-functions-and-operations-on-callable-objects"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-functools" title="functools: Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functools</span></code></a> — Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects<a class="headerlink" href="#module-functools" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.8/Lib/functools.py">Lib/functools.py</a></p>
<hr class="docutils" />
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-functools" title="functools: Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functools</span></code></a> module is for higher-order functions: functions that act on
or return other functions. In general, any callable object can be treated as a
function for the purposes of this module.</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-functools" title="functools: Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">functools</span></code></a> module defines the following functions:</p>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.cached_property">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">&#64;</code><code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">cached_property</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">func</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.cached_property" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Transform a method of a class into a property whose value is computed once
and then cached as a normal attribute for the life of the instance. Similar
to <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#property" title="property"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">property()</span></code></a>, with the addition of caching. Useful for expensive
computed properties of instances that are otherwise effectively immutable.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">DataSet</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">sequence_of_numbers</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sequence_of_numbers</span>

    <span class="nd">@cached_property</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">stdev</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">statistics</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdev</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_data</span><span class="p">)</span>

    <span class="nd">@cached_property</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">variance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">statistics</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">variance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_data</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.8.</span></p>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>This decorator requires that the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__dict__</span></code> attribute on each instance
be a mutable mapping. This means it will not work with some types, such as
metaclasses (since the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__dict__</span></code> attributes on type instances are
read-only proxies for the class namespace), and those that specify
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__slots__</span></code> without including <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__dict__</span></code> as one of the defined slots
(as such classes don’t provide a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__dict__</span></code> attribute at all).</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.cmp_to_key">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">cmp_to_key</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">func</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.cmp_to_key" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Transform an old-style comparison function to a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-key-function"><span class="xref std std-term">key function</span></a>.  Used
with tools that accept key functions (such as <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#sorted" title="sorted"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sorted()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#min" title="min"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">min()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#max" title="max"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">max()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="heapq.html#heapq.nlargest" title="heapq.nlargest"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">heapq.nlargest()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="heapq.html#heapq.nsmallest" title="heapq.nsmallest"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">heapq.nsmallest()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="itertools.html#itertools.groupby" title="itertools.groupby"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">itertools.groupby()</span></code></a>).  This function is primarily used as a transition
tool for programs being converted from Python 2 which supported the use of
comparison functions.</p>
<p>A comparison function is any callable that accept two arguments, compares them,
and returns a negative number for less-than, zero for equality, or a positive
number for greater-than.  A key function is a callable that accepts one
argument and returns another value to be used as the sort key.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">sorted</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">iterable</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">key</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">cmp_to_key</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">locale</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">strcoll</span><span class="p">))</span>  <span class="c1"># locale-aware sort order</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>For sorting examples and a brief sorting tutorial, see <a class="reference internal" href="../howto/sorting.html#sortinghowto"><span class="std std-ref">Sorting HOW TO</span></a>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.2.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.lru_cache">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">&#64;</code><code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">lru_cache</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">user_function</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.lru_cache" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dt>
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">&#64;</code><code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">lru_cache</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">maxsize=128</em>, <em class="sig-param">typed=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span></dt>
<dd><p>Decorator to wrap a function with a memoizing callable that saves up to the
<em>maxsize</em> most recent calls.  It can save time when an expensive or I/O bound
function is periodically called with the same arguments.</p>
<p>Since a dictionary is used to cache results, the positional and keyword
arguments to the function must be hashable.</p>
<p>Distinct argument patterns may be considered to be distinct calls with
separate cache entries.  For example, <cite>f(a=1, b=2)</cite> and <cite>f(b=2, a=1)</cite>
differ in their keyword argument order and may have two separate cache
entries.</p>
<p>If <em>user_function</em> is specified, it must be a callable. This allows the
<em>lru_cache</em> decorator to be applied directly to a user function, leaving
the <em>maxsize</em> at its default value of 128:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nd">@lru_cache</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">count_vowels</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sentence</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">sentence</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sentence</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">casefold</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">sum</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sentence</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">count</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">vowel</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">vowel</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="s1">&#39;aeiou&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If <em>maxsize</em> is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, the LRU feature is disabled and the cache can
grow without bound.</p>
<p>If <em>typed</em> is set to true, function arguments of different types will be
cached separately.  For example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f(3)</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f(3.0)</span></code> will be treated
as distinct calls with distinct results.</p>
<p>To help measure the effectiveness of the cache and tune the <em>maxsize</em>
parameter, the wrapped function is instrumented with a <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cache_info()</span></code>
function that returns a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-named-tuple"><span class="xref std std-term">named tuple</span></a> showing <em>hits</em>, <em>misses</em>,
<em>maxsize</em> and <em>currsize</em>.  In a multi-threaded environment, the hits
and misses are approximate.</p>
<p>The decorator also provides a <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cache_clear()</span></code> function for clearing or
invalidating the cache.</p>
<p>The original underlying function is accessible through the
<code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__wrapped__</span></code> attribute.  This is useful for introspection, for
bypassing the cache, or for rewrapping the function with a different cache.</p>
<p>An <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_algorithms#Examples">LRU (least recently used) cache</a> works
best when the most recent calls are the best predictors of upcoming calls (for
example, the most popular articles on a news server tend to change each day).
The cache’s size limit assures that the cache does not grow without bound on
long-running processes such as web servers.</p>
<p>In general, the LRU cache should only be used when you want to reuse
previously computed values.  Accordingly, it doesn’t make sense to cache
functions with side-effects, functions that need to create distinct mutable
objects on each call, or impure functions such as time() or random().</p>
<p>Example of an LRU cache for static web content:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nd">@lru_cache</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">maxsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">32</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">get_pep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">num</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="s1">&#39;Retrieve text of a Python Enhancement Proposal&#39;</span>
    <span class="n">resource</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-</span><span class="si">%04d</span><span class="s1">/&#39;</span> <span class="o">%</span> <span class="n">num</span>
    <span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">urllib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">request</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">urlopen</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">resource</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="p">:</span>
            <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">s</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="k">except</span> <span class="n">urllib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">error</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">HTTPError</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Not Found&#39;</span>

<span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">290</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">308</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">320</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">218</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">320</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">279</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">289</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">320</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">9991</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="o">...</span>     <span class="n">pep</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">get_pep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="o">...</span>     <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">pep</span><span class="p">))</span>

<span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="n">get_pep</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cache_info</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">CacheInfo</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">hits</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">misses</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">maxsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">32</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">currsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Example of efficiently computing
<a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number">Fibonacci numbers</a>
using a cache to implement a
<a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming">dynamic programming</a>
technique:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nd">@lru_cache</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">maxsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">fib</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">n</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">fib</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">fib</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>

<span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">fib</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">n</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">range</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">)]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">8</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">13</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">21</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">34</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">55</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">89</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">144</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">233</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">377</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">610</span><span class="p">]</span>

<span class="o">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="n">fib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">cache_info</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">CacheInfo</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">hits</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">28</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">misses</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">maxsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">currsize</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.2.</span></p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.3: </span>Added the <em>typed</em> option.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Added the <em>user_function</em> option.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.total_ordering">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">&#64;</code><code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">total_ordering</code><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.total_ordering" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Given a class defining one or more rich comparison ordering methods, this
class decorator supplies the rest.  This simplifies the effort involved
in specifying all of the possible rich comparison operations:</p>
<p>The class must define one of <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__lt__" title="object.__lt__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__lt__()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__le__" title="object.__le__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__le__()</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__gt__" title="object.__gt__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__gt__()</span></code></a>, or <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__ge__" title="object.__ge__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__ge__()</span></code></a>.
In addition, the class should supply an <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__eq__" title="object.__eq__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__eq__()</span></code></a> method.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nd">@total_ordering</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Student</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_is_valid_operand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">hasattr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;lastname&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="ow">and</span>
                <span class="nb">hasattr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;firstname&quot;</span><span class="p">))</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__eq__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_is_valid_operand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="p">):</span>
            <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">NotImplemented</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="p">((</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lastname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">firstname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="o">==</span>
                <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lastname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">firstname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">()))</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__lt__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_is_valid_operand</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="p">):</span>
            <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">NotImplemented</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="p">((</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lastname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">firstname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span>
                <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">other</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lastname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">other</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">firstname</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">lower</span><span class="p">()))</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>While this decorator makes it easy to create well behaved totally
ordered types, it <em>does</em> come at the cost of slower execution and
more complex stack traces for the derived comparison methods. If
performance benchmarking indicates this is a bottleneck for a given
application, implementing all six rich comparison methods instead is
likely to provide an easy speed boost.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.2.</span></p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>Returning NotImplemented from the underlying comparison function for
unrecognised types is now supported.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.partial">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">partial</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">func</em>, <em class="sig-param">/</em>, <em class="sig-param">*args</em>, <em class="sig-param">**keywords</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.partial" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#partial-objects"><span class="std std-ref">partial object</span></a> which when called
will behave like <em>func</em> called with the positional arguments <em>args</em>
and keyword arguments <em>keywords</em>. If more arguments are supplied to the
call, they are appended to <em>args</em>. If additional keyword arguments are
supplied, they extend and override <em>keywords</em>.
Roughly equivalent to:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">partial</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">func</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">keywords</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">newfunc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">fargs</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">fkeywords</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="n">newkeywords</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">keywords</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">fkeywords</span><span class="p">}</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">func</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">*</span><span class="n">fargs</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">newkeywords</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">newfunc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">func</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">func</span>
    <span class="n">newfunc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">args</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">args</span>
    <span class="n">newfunc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keywords</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">keywords</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">newfunc</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial()</span></code></a> is used for partial function application which “freezes”
some portion of a function’s arguments and/or keywords resulting in a new object
with a simplified signature.  For example, <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial()</span></code></a> can be used to create
a callable that behaves like the <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#int" title="int"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int()</span></code></a> function where the <em>base</em> argument
defaults to two:</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">functools</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">partial</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">basetwo</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">partial</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">base</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">basetwo</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="vm">__doc__</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Convert base 2 string to an int.&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">basetwo</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;10010&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">18</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="class">
<dt id="functools.partialmethod">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">partialmethod</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">func</em>, <em class="sig-param">/</em>, <em class="sig-param">*args</em>, <em class="sig-param">**keywords</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.partialmethod" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a new <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partialmethod" title="functools.partialmethod"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partialmethod</span></code></a> descriptor which behaves
like <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial</span></code></a> except that it is designed to be used as a method
definition rather than being directly callable.</p>
<p><em>func</em> must be a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-descriptor"><span class="xref std std-term">descriptor</span></a> or a callable (objects which are both,
like normal functions, are handled as descriptors).</p>
<p>When <em>func</em> is a descriptor (such as a normal Python function,
<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#classmethod" title="classmethod"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">classmethod()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#staticmethod" title="staticmethod"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">staticmethod()</span></code></a>, <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">abstractmethod()</span></code> or
another instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partialmethod" title="functools.partialmethod"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partialmethod</span></code></a>), calls to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__get__</span></code> are
delegated to the underlying descriptor, and an appropriate
<a class="reference internal" href="#partial-objects"><span class="std std-ref">partial object</span></a> returned as the result.</p>
<p>When <em>func</em> is a non-descriptor callable, an appropriate bound method is
created dynamically. This behaves like a normal Python function when
used as a method: the <em>self</em> argument will be inserted as the first
positional argument, even before the <em>args</em> and <em>keywords</em> supplied to
the <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partialmethod" title="functools.partialmethod"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partialmethod</span></code></a> constructor.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Cell</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_alive</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nd">@property</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">alive</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_alive</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">set_state</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">state</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_alive</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">bool</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">state</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="n">set_alive</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">partialmethod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set_state</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="n">set_dead</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">partialmethod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set_state</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Cell</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">alive</span>
<span class="go">False</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set_alive</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">alive</span>
<span class="go">True</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.4.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.reduce">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">reduce</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">function</em>, <em class="sig-param">iterable</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param">initializer</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.reduce" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Apply <em>function</em> of two arguments cumulatively to the items of <em>iterable</em>, from
left to right, so as to reduce the iterable to a single value.  For example,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">reduce(lambda</span> <span class="pre">x,</span> <span class="pre">y:</span> <span class="pre">x+y,</span> <span class="pre">[1,</span> <span class="pre">2,</span> <span class="pre">3,</span> <span class="pre">4,</span> <span class="pre">5])</span></code> calculates <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">((((1+2)+3)+4)+5)</span></code>.
The left argument, <em>x</em>, is the accumulated value and the right argument, <em>y</em>, is
the update value from the <em>iterable</em>.  If the optional <em>initializer</em> is present,
it is placed before the items of the iterable in the calculation, and serves as
a default when the iterable is empty.  If <em>initializer</em> is not given and
<em>iterable</em> contains only one item, the first item is returned.</p>
<p>Roughly equivalent to:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">reduce</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">function</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">iterable</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">initializer</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">it</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">iter</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">iterable</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">initializer</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">next</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">it</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">initializer</span>
    <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">element</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">it</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">function</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">element</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">value</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="itertools.html#itertools.accumulate" title="itertools.accumulate"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">itertools.accumulate()</span></code></a> for an iterator that yields all intermediate
values.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.singledispatch">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">&#64;</code><code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">singledispatch</code><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.singledispatch" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Transform a function into a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-single-dispatch"><span class="xref std std-term">single-dispatch</span></a> <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-generic-function"><span class="xref std std-term">generic function</span></a>.</p>
<p>To define a generic function, decorate it with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;singledispatch</span></code>
decorator. Note that the dispatch happens on the type of the first argument,
create your function accordingly:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">functools</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">singledispatch</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@singledispatch</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">fun</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Let me just say,&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">end</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot; &quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To add overloaded implementations to the function, use the <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">register()</span></code>
attribute of the generic function.  It is a decorator.  For functions
annotated with types, the decorator will infer the type of the first
argument automatically:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Strength in numbers, eh?&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">end</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot; &quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Enumerate this:&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">i</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">elem</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="nb">enumerate</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">i</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">elem</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>For code which doesn’t use type annotations, the appropriate type
argument can be passed explicitly to the decorator itself:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">complex</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Better than complicated.&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">end</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot; &quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">real</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">imag</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To enable registering lambdas and pre-existing functions, the
<code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">register()</span></code> attribute can be used in a functional form:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">nothing</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Nothing.&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">type</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">nothing</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">register()</span></code> attribute returns the undecorated function which
enables decorator stacking, pickling, as well as creating unit tests for
each variant independently:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">float</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="nd">@fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Decimal</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">fun_num</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Half of your number:&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">end</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot; &quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">arg</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun_num</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">fun</span>
<span class="go">False</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>When called, the generic function dispatches on the type of the first
argument:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Hello, world.&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">Hello, world.</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;test.&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">Let me just say, test.</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">42</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">Strength in numbers, eh? 42</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s1">&#39;spam&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;spam&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;eggs&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;spam&#39;</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">verbose</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">Enumerate this:</span>
<span class="go">0 spam</span>
<span class="go">1 spam</span>
<span class="go">2 eggs</span>
<span class="go">3 spam</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">Nothing.</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mf">1.23</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">0.615</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Where there is no registered implementation for a specific type, its
method resolution order is used to find a more generic implementation.
The original function decorated with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;singledispatch</span></code> is registered
for the base <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">object</span></code> type, which means it is used if no better
implementation is found.</p>
<p>To check which implementation will the generic function choose for
a given type, use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dispatch()</span></code> attribute:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dispatch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">float</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">&lt;function fun_num at 0x1035a2840&gt;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dispatch</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">)</span>    <span class="c1"># note: default implementation</span>
<span class="go">&lt;function fun at 0x103fe0000&gt;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>To access all registered implementations, use the read-only <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">registry</span></code>
attribute:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">registry</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keys</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="go">dict_keys([&lt;class &#39;NoneType&#39;&gt;, &lt;class &#39;int&#39;&gt;, &lt;class &#39;object&#39;&gt;,</span>
<span class="go">          &lt;class &#39;decimal.Decimal&#39;&gt;, &lt;class &#39;list&#39;&gt;,</span>
<span class="go">          &lt;class &#39;float&#39;&gt;])</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">registry</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">float</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="go">&lt;function fun_num at 0x1035a2840&gt;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">fun</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">registry</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">object</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="go">&lt;function fun at 0x103fe0000&gt;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.4.</span></p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.7: </span>The <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">register()</span></code> attribute supports using type annotations.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="class">
<dt id="functools.singledispatchmethod">
<em class="property">class </em><code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">singledispatchmethod</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">func</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.singledispatchmethod" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Transform a method into a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-single-dispatch"><span class="xref std std-term">single-dispatch</span></a> <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-generic-function"><span class="xref std std-term">generic function</span></a>.</p>
<p>To define a generic method, decorate it with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;singledispatchmethod</span></code>
decorator. Note that the dispatch happens on the type of the first non-self
or non-cls argument, create your function accordingly:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Negator</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="nd">@singledispatchmethod</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">neg</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">NotImplementedError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Cannot negate a&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

    <span class="nd">@neg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">arg</span>

    <span class="nd">@neg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">bool</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">arg</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;singledispatchmethod</span></code> supports nesting with other decorators such as
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&#64;classmethod</span></code>. Note that to allow for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dispatcher.register</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">singledispatchmethod</span></code> must be the <em>outer most</em> decorator. Here is the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Negator</span></code> class with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">neg</span></code> methods being class bound:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Negator</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="nd">@singledispatchmethod</span>
    <span class="nd">@classmethod</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">neg</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">raise</span> <span class="ne">NotImplementedError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Cannot negate a&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>

    <span class="nd">@neg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span>
    <span class="nd">@classmethod</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">arg</span>

    <span class="nd">@neg</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">register</span>
    <span class="nd">@classmethod</span>
    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">cls</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">arg</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">bool</span><span class="p">):</span>
        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">arg</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The same pattern can be used for other similar decorators: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">staticmethod</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">abstractmethod</span></code>, and others.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.8.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.update_wrapper">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">update_wrapper</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">wrapper</em>, <em class="sig-param">wrapped</em>, <em class="sig-param">assigned=WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS</em>, <em class="sig-param">updated=WRAPPER_UPDATES</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.update_wrapper" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Update a <em>wrapper</em> function to look like the <em>wrapped</em> function. The optional
arguments are tuples to specify which attributes of the original function are
assigned directly to the matching attributes on the wrapper function and which
attributes of the wrapper function are updated with the corresponding attributes
from the original function. The default values for these arguments are the
module level constants <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS</span></code> (which assigns to the wrapper
function’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__module__</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__name__</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__qualname__</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__annotations__</span></code>
and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__doc__</span></code>, the documentation string) and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WRAPPER_UPDATES</span></code> (which
updates the wrapper function’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__dict__</span></code>, i.e. the instance dictionary).</p>
<p>To allow access to the original function for introspection and other purposes
(e.g. bypassing a caching decorator such as <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.lru_cache" title="functools.lru_cache"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lru_cache()</span></code></a>), this function
automatically adds a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__wrapped__</span></code> attribute to the wrapper that refers to
the function being wrapped.</p>
<p>The main intended use for this function is in <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-decorator"><span class="xref std std-term">decorator</span></a> functions which
wrap the decorated function and return the wrapper. If the wrapper function is
not updated, the metadata of the returned function will reflect the wrapper
definition rather than the original function definition, which is typically less
than helpful.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#functools.update_wrapper" title="functools.update_wrapper"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">update_wrapper()</span></code></a> may be used with callables other than functions. Any
attributes named in <em>assigned</em> or <em>updated</em> that are missing from the object
being wrapped are ignored (i.e. this function will not attempt to set them
on the wrapper function). <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#AttributeError" title="AttributeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AttributeError</span></code></a> is still raised if the
wrapper function itself is missing any attributes named in <em>updated</em>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.2: </span>Automatic addition of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__wrapped__</span></code> attribute.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.2: </span>Copying of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__annotations__</span></code> attribute by default.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.2: </span>Missing attributes no longer trigger an <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#AttributeError" title="AttributeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AttributeError</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__wrapped__</span></code> attribute now always refers to the wrapped
function, even if that function defined a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__wrapped__</span></code> attribute.
(see <a class="reference external" href="https://bugs.python.org/issue17482">bpo-17482</a>)</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="functools.wraps">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">&#64;</code><code class="sig-prename descclassname">functools.</code><code class="sig-name descname">wraps</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">wrapped</em>, <em class="sig-param">assigned=WRAPPER_ASSIGNMENTS</em>, <em class="sig-param">updated=WRAPPER_UPDATES</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.wraps" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This is a convenience function for invoking <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.update_wrapper" title="functools.update_wrapper"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">update_wrapper()</span></code></a> as a
function decorator when defining a wrapper function.  It is equivalent to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial(update_wrapper,</span> <span class="pre">wrapped=wrapped,</span> <span class="pre">assigned=assigned,</span> <span class="pre">updated=updated)</span></code>.
For example:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">functools</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">wraps</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">my_decorator</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nd">@wraps</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">wrapper</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwds</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Calling decorated function&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>        <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwds</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">wrapper</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="nd">@my_decorator</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">example</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;Docstring&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Called example function&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">example</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="go">Calling decorated function</span>
<span class="go">Called example function</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">example</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="vm">__name__</span>
<span class="go">&#39;example&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">example</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="vm">__doc__</span>
<span class="go">&#39;Docstring&#39;</span>
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<p>Without the use of this decorator factory, the name of the example function
would have been <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'wrapper'</span></code>, and the docstring of the original <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">example()</span></code>
would have been lost.</p>
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<span id="id1"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial</span></code></a> Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#partial-objects" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial</span></code></a> objects are callable objects created by <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial()</span></code></a>. They
have three read-only attributes:</p>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="functools.partial.func">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">partial.</code><code class="sig-name descname">func</code><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.partial.func" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A callable object or function.  Calls to the <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial</span></code></a> object will be
forwarded to <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial.func" title="functools.partial.func"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">func</span></code></a> with new arguments and keywords.</p>
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<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="functools.partial.args">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">partial.</code><code class="sig-name descname">args</code><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.partial.args" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The leftmost positional arguments that will be prepended to the positional
arguments provided to a <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial</span></code></a> object call.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="functools.partial.keywords">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">partial.</code><code class="sig-name descname">keywords</code><a class="headerlink" href="#functools.partial.keywords" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The keyword arguments that will be supplied when the <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial</span></code></a> object is
called.</p>
</dd></dl>

<p><a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial</span></code></a> objects are like <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">function</span></code> objects in that they are
callable, weak referencable, and can have attributes.  There are some important
differences.  For instance, the <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#definition.__name__" title="definition.__name__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__name__</span></code></a> and <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__doc__</span></code> attributes
are not created automatically.  Also, <a class="reference internal" href="#functools.partial" title="functools.partial"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">partial</span></code></a> objects defined in
classes behave like static methods and do not transform into bound methods
during instance attribute look-up.</p>
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